Curling-iron



T. L. DENNIS.

CURLING IRON.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.18, 1920.

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UNITED sTATEs.

APATENT OFFICE.

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N'. Y., ASSIGIGR TO GEORGE F. PARKERQOF NEW YORK, N'. Y.

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appuomon jalea iugm 1s, 1920. semi No. 404,458.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. DENNrs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, Prince Bay, borough of Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Curling-Iron, of which. the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to curling irons and particularly to improved electrically heated curling irons and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein the heating medium is so positioned as to produce the desired heating results'without interering with the movable parts of the iron. Another object is to provide an improved construction having a suitable shaped handle formed with a notch or socket for receiving the end of the retaining member when pressed, the structure being such that the movement of the thumb in operating the device is comparatively short.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an electrically heated curling iron provide with a hair retaining member so pivoted that the thumb is raised only a minimum distance from the handle when actuatin the same, and to offer as little 30, obstruction as possible in curling.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of an improved curling iron disclosing an embodiment of the invention, the same being taken approximately on line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

` Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the curling iron shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 1, on line 3 3.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals 1 indicates the heating tube which is closed at the outer end 2 but open at the inner end 3 so as to admit the electric supply Wires 4 to the heating element 5. The heating element 5 may be of any desired construction and the supply wires 4 may be connected to a suitable source of electrical supply by any suitable couplin members 6. As shown 1n the drawings, t e couling members 6 are carried by a block 7 tted into .a recess in the handle 8 and held therein by suitable screws 9. The handle 8 is hollow and is shown as taplering from where it receives the tube 1 to t e outer end carrying block 7 though if desired it could be made of diierent sha es without departi ing from the spirit of t e invention. The handle is also shown hollow though this is not essential but preferable as it produces a lighter construction and at the same time provides an easy passage-way for the wires v4 and an opening for receiving the end 10 of the retaining member 11. In order that the end 10 may move ivotally into the handle 8, the notch or s ot 12 is provided therein and extends to the clamping ring 13. This clamping ring is provided with upwardly extending ears 14 and 15' for accommodating the pivotal pin 16 which extends on through the flanges 17 and 18 of the retaining member 11.

A spring 19 is carried by the pin 16 and bears against end 10 and against part of the shoulder 20 so as to continually urge the end 10 to an outer position as shown in Fig. 1, which position causes the clamping end 21 to press agiainst the tube 1 or against any hair place thereon.

From Fig. 1 it will be observed that the member 11 is curved upwardly at 22 and at approximately the center of this upward bend or groovel the pin or pintle 16 is placed whereby the end 10 is substantially flush with the outer surface of handle 8 while the gripping portion 21 is engaging the tube 1.

When it is desired to use the curling iron the person may easily grasp the handle 8 and arise the thumb only a short distance so as to rest on top of the thumb member 23 which is pressed and by said pressure. causes the end 10 to be depressed and the clamping end 21 to be elevated. If the movement is continued to its fullest extent part of end 10 will eventually rest against the shoulder 20. The wires 4 are arranged preferably at one side or near the bottom of handle 8 so that they will not interfere with the end 10 in its downward movement.

What I claim is 1. A curling iron comprising a heating bar, a handle carrying said heating bar and formed with a notch therein, a hair retaining member pivotally carried by said handle, the pivotal mounting of said retaining member being placed a short distance from one end, and means for depressing one end of the retaining member into said notch for elevating the opposite end.

2. A curling iron comprising a heating member, a hollow handle connected with the said heating member, said handle having a pendicular thereto positioned to force one end notch therein adjacent the end carrying the of sald retaining member into said notch heating member, a retaining member having and move the opposite end of the retaining 80 a depressible end and a clamping end, means member in a direction away from said heatfor pivotally mounting said retaining meming member. l ber on said handle, and a thumb member 4. A curlingV iron comprising a hollow mounted on the depressible end, said thumb heating member, a heating element arranged member being elongated in a direction perin said heating member, means for supply- 36 p'endicular to the depression end whereby ing electrical energy to said heating elewhen said thumb member is pushed toward ment for producing heat therein, a handle the handle, said depressible end will lbe surrounding one end of said heating memmoved into said handle and .the clamping' ber, said handle being formed with a slot end moved away from said heating membenadjacent said last-mentioned en d and with 40 3. A curling iron comprising a hollow hana"shoulder adjacent the end of the heating dle provided with a notch adjacent one end, member, a ring member surrounding said a heating member extending into said han# last-mentioned end of said handle, a hair dle, a ring member surrounding one end of retaining member formed with a bowed .secsaid handle, said 4ring member being protion intermediate its ends, means for piv- 45 vided with a pair of spaced ears, a hair reotally mounting said bowed section onto taining member substantially U-shaped in said ring'member, and a thumb member concross section extending between said ears, a vnected to one end of said retaining mempivotal pin extending from said ears through ber, said thumb member and the end of the the anges of said hair retaining member, retaining member to which it is connected 5o a spring acting on said hair retaining membeing capable of pivotal movement through ber for holding the same in a certain posisaid slot into said handle until the last-mention and a thumb member connected with tioned end engages said shoulder. one end of said retaining member and per- THOMAS L. DENNIS. 

